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Congresswoman Kaptur Announces $1 Million HHS Award to Zepf Center

September 28, 2023

Toledo, OH — Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) announced a $1,000,000 Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics Mental Health & Substance Abuse Service Grant award from the Center for Mental Health Services and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for the improvement and advancement of the Zepf Center.

Issues: Health Care

Kaptur Announces DOJ Violence Prevention Award to YWCA in Partnership with TPS

September 23, 2023

Press Release

Toledo, OH — Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) announced a $350,000 award to Engage Men and Boys as Allies in the Prevention of Violence Against Women and Girls from the Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of Violence Against Women to the Young Women’s Christian Association (YWCA) of Northwest Ohio.

Issues: Health Care

Congresswoman Kaptur and Secretary Vilsack Announce $6 Million USDA Urban Forestry Award for RE-TREE Toledo

September 14, 2023

Press Release

Washington, DC – Today, Congresswoman Kaptur and Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced the award of $6,098,294 for Toledo’s Restoring and Enhancing Tree Canopy for Resilience, Equity, and Engagement (RE-TREE Toledo).

Issues: Jobs and the Economy

Congresswoman Kaptur, Superintendent Durant Break Ground on New TPS Electric Vehicle Center

September 6, 2023

Press Release

Toledo, OH – Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) was joined by Dr. Romules Durant Superintendent and CEO of Toledo Public Schools, J.

Issues: Jobs and the Economy

Congresswoman Kaptur Announces Department of Health & Human Services Award to Mercy Health for Rural EMS Training Program in NW Ohio

August 30, 2023

Press Release

Toledo, OH – Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) announced that Mercy Health will receive a $198,033 Mental Health and Substance Abuse Service Grant from the United States Department of Health & Human Services Center for Substance Abuse Treatment.

Issues: Jobs and the Economy Health Care

In the News

Teamsters Protest Broken Pension Promises at U.S. Capitol

April 21, 2016

In The News

By: Fatima Hussein, Cincinnati Enquirer

April 21, 2016

A West Chester widow stood in front of a sea of gray-haired retirees, mostly men, some with walkers and others wheeling oxygen tanks, who traveled across the country to demand what was promised to them.

Prepared to rally against what c

House, Senate Split On Energy and Water Bill Riders

April 20, 2016

In The News

By: Christa Marshall, Tiffany Stecker and George Cahlink, E&E Publishing

April 20, 2016

The House Appropriations Committee approved an energy and water spending bill yesterday by voice vote after a meeting that erupted into a tense debate about the Flint, Mich., water crisis.

The $37.4

Anti-Slaughter Provision Gets Backing of Key US House Committee

April 20, 2016

In The News

By: Horsetalk

April 20, 2016

A key provision which keeps the horse slaughter industry from operating in the United States has been supported by the powerful House Appropriations Committee.

The committee this week voted to adopt an amendment to the agriculture appropriations bill that would

Republicans to Try to Cut ‘Emergencies’ in PHMSA Bill

April 20, 2016

In The News

By: Mark Drajem, Bloomberg

April 20, 2016

Inside the Beltway

House Appropriations Advances $37.4b Energy-Water Spending Bill The House Appropriations Committee approved its $37.4 billion energy and water spending bill, while foreshadowing the fights to come on emergency funding and pumpi

House Committee Approves Amendment to Protect Horses

April 19, 2016

In The News

By: Humane Society

April 19, 2016

The U.S. House Appropriations Committee voted to adopt an amendment to prevent the slaughter of horses for human consumption on U.S. soil. The amendment to the agriculture appropriations bill that bars spending by the U.S.